discipleship

Redemption came as a wave of relief, but then it followed with a burden.

Despite the huge crowd, He speaks to His disciples as though no one else is there.

A healthy Christian life cannot be stitched together from a series of disjointed mountain-top experiences. We need a Christian spirituality that endures the shadowy, low-lying valleys and the rocky slopes in between all those glorious summits.

The minister is the parish clock. Many people take their time from him.

When it comes to biblical counseling, friendship is central to the counseling relationship because it is a key aspect of the Gospel. Paul's words display it; Jesus' actions approve it. In Jesus Christ, friendship has its ultimate _ that is, it's paradigmatic _ display. He sacrificially gave Himself for the good of those he befriended _ people who were awkward and troubled types, people who did not offer Him anything particularly desirable in return.

Is God giving you victory this day, if not this whole day, how about this very minute?

Your children are going through life with their eyes closed, so YOU'RE the one who has to steer.

We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work.

At the end of life, each of us must answer the question, Whose story captured my soul?

The altar must be built in one place so that the fire may come down in another place.

Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. They prized not the polished gem, how should they value the jewel in the rough?

A student is engaging, attentive, notes details, and shows effort in learning.

It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts.

The world commands our desire for purity but bids that we not be too precise about it.

It is ill to offer God one duty stained with the blood of another.

If a church is good at making disciples it will be good at making leaders because in the end, a good spiritual formation plan will lead to an accelerated spiritual multiplication.

A book isn't worth reading if it's not worth discussing.

A missionary deals with all the important people of the community, but he is never really one of them.